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Sarah Meece

What’s Next?

By Sarah Meece− “Stand firm in faith; be men of courage; be strong. Do everything in love.” 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 Is our country currently experiencing an emotional battlefield? With the Supreme Court decision changing the definition of marriage last Friday, there has been a flurry of elevated emotions. While Christians

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Lynn Mosher

Singing for Water!

By Lynn Mosher– Have you ever gone from resting “in green pastures” to wandering around in the wilderness, lacking refreshment for your spiritual thirst, needing to be “beside still waters”? Israel did. In part of their wanderings, it went like this: *They went from Mount Hor in Lebanon to Edom,

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Marta Greenman

El Roi – The God Who Sees

By Marta Greenman– Sometimes life is just not fair. Certain people are treated specially while you may not even be noticed. Someone else may receive an undeserved promotion, while you are stuck in the same job. Children are bullied for no reason and some people are discriminated against because of

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4 Reasons to Forgive, Let Go, and Live
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4 Reasons to Forgive, Let Go, and Live

By Deborah Pegues – I’ve had to forgive many offenses in my lifetime—from a Ponzi financial rip-off, to a molestation, to a botched foot surgery. However, my pain pales in comparison to that of the families of the nine victims of the recent Charleston, South Carolina church shooting. When they

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Altogether lovely
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Carol Doyel

He is Altogether Lovely and All We Need

By Carol Doyel – The title of this article may seem cliché to some, but as I was reading a post today titled, “Perfect Beauty” in The Bailey Post it occurred to me, that when we know Jesus, we know this statement to be true. He is altogether lovely. But

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what is your love language
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What’s Your Love Language?

In all of our personal relationships – whether with our spouse’s, partners, mothers, daughters, friends, etc – there are gestures, words, and actions that make us feel loved and appreciated more so than others – and those things vary from person to person. According to Gary Chapman’s book, the five

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Blueprints by Barbara Delinsky
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Blueprints

By Barbara Delinsky – PROLOGUE The rain let up just in time. The final day of taping for the spring season of Gut It! was about to begin, and though the sun hadn’t yet appeared, Caroline MacAfee’s hopes were high. Well behind the stream of work vehicles pulling up on

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Prayer with Polly
Polly Roethe

Video Prayer With Polly

LivingBetter50.com invites you to meet our prayer partner Polly. We want to share prayers that Polly has video taped as she has been lead by the Holy Spirit to record. Our hope is that these prayers will speak to the heart of people that visit us and are lead to

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The Lord is my Shepherd
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Marta Greenman

The Lord is My Shepherd

By Marta Greenman – Psalm 23 is one of the best-known psalms in the Bible. When I read the words written by David so long ago, I have an underlying peace that infiltrates my soul. Why are these words so calming? And what can we learn about the relationship of

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Prominent fitness model melds faith and health
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Prominent Fitness Model Melds Faith and Health

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – One of the most photographed fitness models in America is speaking out about the one thing that took her from overweight in her 30s to the cover of the top fitness magazines in her 40s, and the answer may surprise many: it was her faith in God.

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Never lose your laughter
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Kim Chaffin

Never Lose Your Laughter

By Kim Chaffin – Over the years I have had more than one person mention they were surprised by how much fun I had for being a Christian. I guess I missed the memo that said once you have been saved you will never have fun again.  As I have

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The Woman Who Surrendered All

By Carole Towriss− Mareth tucked her sons closer to her side and considered the people surrounding the grave. Jerah had been respected, well-liked. A member of the guild of prophets, he had a stellar reputation. The men mourned loudly, appropriately. The wives swarmed around her, blessed her, hugged her. It

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the power of a song
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The Power of a Song

By Carole Brewer− Words set to music have influence. Add the power of the Holy Spirit and lives are changed. At an inner-city Thanksgiving Day outreach, the first course on the menu was gospel music. People gathered from the surrounding streets as my fellow musicians and I sang and played

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Water - excerpt Searching for Sunday by Rachel Held Evans
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Water

By Rachel Held Evans– . . . by God’s word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water.  —2 Peter 3:5 In the beginning, the Spirit of God hovered over water.  The water was dark and deep and everywhere, the ancients say,

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night sky
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Light in the Night

By Lynn Mosher– “A long time ago,in a galaxyfar, faraway…” …the stars were more visible than they are now, depending, of course, on where you live. When I was still young, skinny, and had energy to burn, I loved lying on a blanket on the grass in the backyard with

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marriage
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Is Marriage a Fairy Tale?

Do you ever look at your spouse and think, “Aren’t I supposed to end up with a Prince Charming? Isn’t that what fairy tales are all about?” We played dress-up and imagined what it would be like to live in a castle. Whatever happened to hopes and dreams? Did we

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Broken no more
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Broken No More

By Jeanie Waters– I think the reason that my favorite movies are those movies of personal comebacks is because they tell the story of a real life person that gets their own comeback. They defeat the odds, they go against the status quo and it makes the unbelievable believable. Ultimately

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Family caregiving
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Family Caregiving: Many Rewards But High Costs

In the United States, researchers estimated that about 44 million people (age 18 or older) were unpaid caregivers to an adult family member or friend (age 50 years or older). Seventy percent of these caregivers are women. Daughters and wives (or partners) are the most important helpers, although other family

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Broken and better
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Lynn Mosher

Broken and Better

By Lynn Mosher− Would you ever think that something broken could be better, more beautiful, or more valuable? I came across this wonderful process used by the Japanese. Maybe you’ve seen if before. It’s called kintsugi (meaning golden joinery) or kintsukuroi (meaning golden repair). The story has two or so

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7 Inspiring Women Over 50 – Who You May Not Know

 By M. Simpson– In honor of Mother’s Day, we are starting a series of “Inspiring Women over 50” to honor women who have been –and are still – exemplary models of living better at 50. Below are seven examples of women in various industries and categories who were chosen not

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